Systems Engineer
Location: NZ, , 
Department: ITS
Salary range: 65000-80000
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Not Applicable
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Function: Information Technology

Company profile:
HealthLink provides a computer communications system that links the information technology systems of more than 10,000 medical organisations across Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Island nations and Canada.   Each year more than 70 million pieces of clinical information are exchanged using the HealthLink system.  HealthLink provides nearly all of the clinical communications used in New Zealand and is the largest provider of clinical messaging services in Australia.  HealthLink came into existence in 1993 as a result of the New Zealand government’s health reforms and the company has been developing systems and services that facilitate exchange of clinical information since that time.  HealthLink has offices throughout Australia, New Zealand and Canada.  The company’s services are offered  from data-centres in each of those countries.The company’s core focus is on ensuring that electronic communication processes are put in place to give patients certainty that their information has been appropriately handled.  This is achieved by ensuring that the systems are 100% reliable and secure.  We enable the electronic delivery of pathology and radiology results and discharge summaries.  HealthLink also provides a large managed security infrastructure and is a pioneer in the development of ‘cloud-based’ online forms technology that is used for ordering pathology services and for referring patients to hospitals and other secondary care services.

Job description:
We are currently looking for a talented individual to work as a Systems Engineer in our IT Services team.You will be involved with the various facets of HealthLink’s hardware and software operational systems.Primarily you will be supporting the data networks, the server/storage hardware, and the deployment, maintenance, and backup of the virtualised server systems.There are also opportunities to work on a mixture of in-house and third-party applications used in secure messaging solutions.

Requirements:
The ideal candidate will have a genuine passion and aptitude for IT, be mature and able to work autonomously, and will be highly motivated to learn.  People with a positive attitude and strong work ethic will thrive in this environment.     A minimum of 2 years’ experience managing Cisco ASA firewalls and Cisco routers/switches is essential for this role.  Experience with server/storage hardware (IBM), server virtualisation (VMWare) and with the management of Windows Server operating systems is highly desirable.    You will need to have a degree (preferably in an IT-related discipline) and relevant industry qualifications are a definite advantage. Effective communication within the ITS Team and amongst other internal teams and with external customers is paramount and accordingly only candidates with outstanding verbal and written English communication skills will be considered.This role also requires participation in an after-hours on-call roster. 

Benefits:
Stimulating team environment with high performance expectationsStructured career developmentCompetitive remunerationFlexible working hoursModern head office in Newmarket, AucklandA chance to dramatically influence health outcomes